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Job Description

Reach Your Peak at Vail Resorts. You're someone who pushes boundaries and challenges the status quo. You're brave, ambitious and passionate in everything you do. And we want you on our team. Pursue your fullest potential and never settle in the quest to deliver extraordinary guest service. Join one of the world's most innovative companies and re-imagine a mountain resort experience with us. Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Job Summary: The Entry: Summer Activities Attendant is responsible for exceeding guests expectations and ensuring a world class ski resort experience while providing top notch guest service. The Entry: Summer Activities Attendant will work out of our Summer Activity Center where they will greet each guest, ensure that liability waivers are completed correctly, assist in completing sales for desired activities, perform opening and closing inspections of activities, continuously engage and participate in activities with our guests, and ensure the safe operation of activities durring operating hours. This position will require you to operate the following activities in compliance with all resort and state mandated safety regulations:

Four in one bungee trampoline

Single Route Rock Wall with auto belay system

Spider web climbing structure with slide

Gem panning attraction

Miniature golf course

Skating rink/ Skate rentals

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Operate RPOS computers, printers, scanners, as well as general office equipment.

Excellent problem solving, communication & guest service skills.

Ability to handle frequent guest interactions, maintaining high service standards at all times

Must be able to work outdoors in all mountain winter weather conditions

Must be able to stand for up to 8 hours during a shift without sitting

Must be able to lift and carry 50lbs

Must be able to work weekends and holidays as required

Must have excellent communication skills

Preferred Skills:

Previous experience working with children

Previous experience handling cash and completing sales

Previous experience working a front line or guest facing position

With diverse tree-lined mountain trails, a world-class terrain park and a vibrant village, Northstar is the perfect setting for families and snow sports enthusiasts alike. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada just 15 minutes from Lake Tahoe, 30 minutes from Reno and a few hours from Napa and San Francisco, it's easy to explore everything Northern California has to offer. Join the Northstar team and learn why Truckee, CA has been voted one of the "Top 25 Ski Towns in the World."www.vailresortscareers.com

About Vail Resorts

Company Description

Vail Resorts, Inc. is the premier mountain resort company in the world and a leader in luxury, destination-based travel at iconic locations. Our Company operates in three separate, but highly integrated segments:

Hospitality: Vail Resorts Hospitality owns and/or manages a portfolio of luxury hotels under the RockResorts brand, a number of hotels and condominiums located in proximity to our ski resorts, three destination resorts at Grand Teton National Park and six award-winning golf courses.

At Vail Resorts, we are focused on expanding and improving our existing resorts, while increasing the scope, diversity and quality of the leisure activities we offer to our guests. Our long-term performance is the result of a well-thought-through approach to the operation, marketing, and development of world-class vacation resorts. A five-pronged business strategy has driven our actions for some years now, and we believe it will create significant value for our shareholders in the future.

Our Family: Much more than simply staff members, our employees are truly our family! With more than 15,000 seasonal employees, more than 400 corporate employees, and many more members at our managed properties, each member is key to our collective ability to deliver uncompromising guest service and value to all of our stakeholders. We believe if we take care of our people, they will in turn take care of our guests. In the end, we strive to make every member of our family feel like working for Vail Resorts is an Experience Of A Lifetime!

Working Here

Vail Resorts College Program:Offers students from all over the world the opportunity to experience a workplace unlike any other, at one of our exceptional resorts and iconic locations in Colorado, California, and Wyoming. This program, for current or recent college graduates, offers positions in Operations, Hospitality, and Administration. Our program goes far beyond the typical college program, to offer you a well-rounded learning experience.

Vail Resorts Internship Program: The Vail Resorts Internship is more than an academically aligned experience; it is an opportunity to exponentially expand on your academic learning. The program provides students with an opportunity to apply and enhance the education and training they are receiving at the university/college through hands-on training and functional development. Much like a standard internship program, the focus of the program is to expose students to a particular career field, through training and functional projects and tasks. Yet the program takes internship past just the functional experience by exposing students to various corners of the entire organization.

Vail Resorts Management Associates Program:Excellence is taken to the next level as high caliber recent hospitality graduates participate in the Management Associates Program (MAP). This two-year rotational program aims to challenge and stretch participants to expose their true potential. Participants rotate through various managerial roles at RockResorts, Grand Teton Lodge Company, and Vail Resorts Hospitality. This broad experience exposes trainees to multiple facets of the hospitality division including, but not limited to, Rooms, Food and Beverage, Front Desk, Reservations, as well as other operational areas.

Benefits

Free Skiing and Riding with the 5 Mountain Ski Pass

On the job training and career training

Health Insurance options

Affordable employee housing

Discounts on outdoor clothing and gear, equipment, meals, activities, hotels, travel and more